oSuJeff97
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So I thought you guys might be interested in this...
I attended the Iba Citizen Athlete Awards last night in Tulsa where Jeff Capel was the keynote speaker.
All I can say is.... holy cow... I was impressed with him before last night, and now I think it's safe to say that he's probably my favorite non-OSU related person in college basketball.
He gave an amazing keynote speech that was mostly about the people who have influenced him over the years (coaches, teachers, parents) related to his "seven key points" (or something like that).... he included lots of great stories about his past from Duke to VCU to OU.
Some of the funnier/more interesting ones I remember:
I attended the Iba Citizen Athlete Awards last night in Tulsa where Jeff Capel was the keynote speaker.
All I can say is.... holy cow... I was impressed with him before last night, and now I think it's safe to say that he's probably my favorite non-OSU related person in college basketball.
He gave an amazing keynote speech that was mostly about the people who have influenced him over the years (coaches, teachers, parents) related to his "seven key points" (or something like that).... he included lots of great stories about his past from Duke to VCU to OU.
Some of the funnier/more interesting ones I remember:
- He said Eddie Sutton called him after OU beat OSU in GIA ealier this year to congratulate him on the win; he also said Eddie offered him some advice on how to attack the zone, since everyone was zoning them because of Blake Griffin; he said the advice came in handy when they were preparing for Syracuse.
- Told another funny story about when he was an assistant at Duke; his wife (gf at the time) was in law school somewhere outside of Durham (can't remember where) and he was supposed to go visit her for the weekend. On the Friday when he was going to leave, his brother, who was still at North Carolina at the time, called him to tell him that Michael Jordan was there and playing pickup games with the current players. Long story short -- he ditched the girlfriend weekend and went to Chappel Hill to play with MJ.
- Talked about Coach K a bit... talked about how much he loved and respected him... said he was the most influential person in his life outside of his family, but said that he acts "exactly like" Bob Knight... "he just doesn't do it in front of cameras."